I don't get it

More often than not, I choose not to respond to the flirts that I get—because the guys they come from just aren’t for me. I get turned off by their pictures or the things they say, or maybe by something in their profile. I’ll admit—I’m a snap-judgement kind of person. My opinion may change later on—but without a doubt, I definitely make up my mind about things/people right away. Anyway, two days ago, I received a flirt from not one, but two, potentially interesting subjects! Both of them are good looking; both of them have intriguing profiles; meaning that they’re educated, well-spoken, and seem to have some depth. Hot dog! Eyes gleaming, I set my fingers to work, eagerly penning a little note to each.

A day goes by. I hear nothing from either of them. Later that night, I’m on the computer and see that one of them is online. I wait for a few minutes to go by, to see if he’ll open a chat window up with me. **Sidenote: The waiting phase is a little awkward. Have you ever seen “The Hunt for Red October”? There’s this really intense scene, when two enemy subs are under the water, pointed right at each other, with their torpedo doors open, both just waiting to see what the other one will do. Who will fire first? Will one of them fire? Anyway, when I’m online and see that a certain guy is also online, and that we both KNOW that the other is online, it’s like…who will make contact first? Will someone make contact? Do we pretend we’re not looking at the other person or do we make a move? So as I’m considering opening a chat window with this guy, I suddenly see that the other guy has now gotten online. Both handsome, intriguing suitors are right there--available to talk! We’re like submarines, facing each other in the water, torpedo doors open and poised to attack. But who will go first? More time goes by. I wait impatiently. This is silly, I think to myself. Why am I wasting time? So I make the move and open a chat window with both of them (separately of course).

I wait a few minutes for a response….then a few more minutes… neither of them take the bait! But I can see that they’re still online, so they MUST know that I’m trying to chat with them. And this is when I start to go, “Well maybe he’s (either of them) not interested in me.” Now I feel a little foolish that I’m trying to converse. But wait a minute—he’s the one who sent me a flirt. Why is he being a jerk?! And then I start thinking different scenarios: Maybe he sent me the flirt accidentally; maybe he just went through a whole slew of profiles, sending all the girls flirts—casting his net wide, to see what kind of response he’d get—and I responded, but I wasn’t the one he really wanted to hear back from. Then I’m mad. Then I’m disappointed. Then I’m trying to give both of them the benefit of the doubt. Then I’m mad again. So I log off and go to bed, perturbed.

It’s been two days now and I’ve heard nothing from either man. Are they just busy with productive, meaningful lives? Or do they both somehow regret “flirting” with me and mean to ignore me? I don’t like not knowing, and I HATE feeling unsure. So I won’t. I’m done with those two. If either of them contact me, great. If not, fine. And I won’t try to make torpedo contact with them.